Manisha Shewaramani

Narendra Modi, the current and the 14^th Prime Minister of India turns 70 today. On his birthday, let’s take a look at some facts we bet you didn’t know about this dynamic leader.

As Novel Coronavirus stepped its foot in China’s Wuhan and slowly made its way to the rest of the world and the country, government imposed a complete lockdown for safety.

Movie theatres were shut down, shoots were cancelled. Amid all this, OTT platform emerged as the new hero for one of the worst impacted - the entertainment industry.

Will OTT Platforms end movie theaters era?

As Bandish Bandits continues to win hearts across, Asianet Newsable spoke exclusively to director Anand Tiwari, who shared how mixing pop and classical music was worth the risk. Produced by Still & Still Moving Pictures, Bandish Bandits gives a fresh approach to storytelling by stepping into the world of fusion music.

 The DGCA has warned that airlines violating in-flight norms will face a suspension of that scheduled route for two weeks. The order came after media persons were seen violating the norms on an IndiGo Mumbai-Chandigarh flight on which Kangana Ranaut was flying.

In 2018, Sajid Khan was accused of sexual harassment during the #MeToo movement. Sajid has once again been named and shamed as a sexual predator by an Indian model named Paula. The model took to Instagram recently and broke her silence.

International Literacy Day is observed on September 8 every year to highlight the importance of literacy. National Statistical Office (NSO) survey brings a list of state wise literacy rate in India

Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri districit has been in the news recently following the rape and muder of three minors in a span of 20 days. Is enough being done to counter the spurt in violence against women in the state?

On this day in 2018, the Supreme Court of India pronounced a historic judgement decriminalizing #Section377 of the Indian Penal Code. Let's revisit the struggle behind this landmark judgement that spanned over 2 decades.

British magazine Prospect has named Kerala health minister K. K Shailaja as the ‘top thinker 2020’ in the world. Her relentless work in fighting and containing the spread of the novel coronavirus in the state has set a benchmark for world leaders.

Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, an exemplary teacher and the second president of India was born on September 5, 1888. He was a philosopher, scholar and politician who dedicated his life towards education and the youth of the country. He once said, "Instead of celebrating my birthday, it would be my proud privilege if 5 September is observed as Teachers’ Day". And so the tradition of celebrating Teachers' Day started from 1962 in India, in honour Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and all the teachers.